Thank you to the ARRL's Becky Schoenfeld for joining us on the stream to talk about the new ARRL magazine "On The Air". http://www.arrl.org/on-the-air-magazine
My plan is not renewing my membership with the ARRL but with Becky's youtube stream I may reconsider ? And do all youtubers drink beer when interviewing ? Thanks
Very uplifting. I feel that maybe (maybe) the ARRL finially gets it, and is stepping up the effort with people like Becky leading the charge. I want to try to contact her in regards to a great CW club/school I belong to, that is online with classes, and the membership is growing each month, with hams from all over the world.
Excellent! Once upon a time there were Novice licenses and elmers to help new hams get started. It was easy to get help. Now things are different: elmers are fewer and we are more spread out, busy, and isolated as a society. The content here is exactly what newbies need and the format is accessible and familiar in the 21st century. It’s both authoritative and encouraging. And as new hams get eased into the hobby we can reduce isolation and reinforce ham radio as a community.
The two guys that started the club/school are great guys, love the hobby, and especially CW. Now, due the success of the club, more great teachers have stepped up and teaching more classes each week. They have online classes in a classroom setting, and you have classes for newcomers where they guide you as you work 'in time" a CW QSO. We also have field trips, and QRP outings, and the best part is through word of mouth and other communications venues and methods. The membership is growing fast, and be part of this great club is an honor. To see guys who came in not knowing CW at all (some very little) and in a short period of time on the air making contacts is quite amazing.
Great idea and thanks for posting! I worked two female operators in the NAQP yesterday and that was great to see.
Very good! The new magazine looks great. I volunteer to be an online Elmer once you get that cranked up.
Very happy to see this magazine come to fruition; a most needed tool for folks new to the hobby as well as those who are maybe not very active because life gets in the way. I am a General, but not very active; so, I’m looking forward to the ongoing simplification of this vast acronym driven mystery called Ham Radio. Rodney K4WPC
Nice!! I love this new idea. I met Becky Schoenfeld at the ARRL headquarters and she is very friendly and professional in her work. She collaborated in the publication about the article of the ARRL in the spaniard amateur radio magazine "radioaficionados". Again, I loved that new idea! Congratulations and good luck!
Nice podcast, I am listening to that while thumbing through "On The Air" - I've been a ham since 1982 and subscriber to QST. I like the content so far. one issue is the type color - light blue text is hard to read on the present background. The reverse text (White on light blue) in the repeater article is definitely a bad graphic design. Here is an example of what I can hardly see. Please stick with black on white - light blue will not cut the mustard. Good luck with it. Kris KM2KM
I'd renew, if they grand fathered in all the Advanced License holders to the Extra Class. Otherwise I say continue to "boycott" the ARRL !